ABBOT BARNABAS Senecal, O.S.B.
(above) with the candidates at the
practice session before the Ceremony
of Entry. The three candidates
completed four months of postulancy,
living in a distinct area of the abbey.

JEFFREY TURNER (left) was a graduate
of a high school seminary and
Benedictine College in 1983. He was
a candidate for membership in the
community after college but entered
the work force instead and became a
senior vice president with Mastercard
before petitioning the abbey for
admission.

Cameron McMillan (center) comesoriginally from the small community ofHome, Kansas and is a recent graduateof the abbey’s Benedictine College.

Branson Stephens (right) has a Ph.D.
in astrophysics and became a Roman
Catholic through the R.C.I.A. process
while completing a postdoctoral
fellowship at Princeton University.